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Dunlay
History in a Pecan Shell
Dunlay may hold the record for “aliases” with no fewer than six alternate names.
From the original name of Enterprise, it was also known as Enterprise
Station, Interprise, Harper, Summit, Baldwin and
Murray.
In the early 1880s, the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio
Railroad arrived. In 1890 a post office was granted. Two years later the town
had a population of forty with a cotton gin, general store and a saloon for entertainment.
Dunlay’s final change of name occurred in 1895 when town and post office were
named after Jerry Dunlay, a train conductor.
Dunlay broke through the
100 resident ceiling in 1914 although it wasn’t until the mid 1960s when it reached
150. The post office closed in the mid 1970s and the population started drifting
back toward 100. |
1940s
Medina County map showing Dunlay (E of Hondo)
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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